Pablum

[ pab-luhm ]

Trademark.
  1. a brand of soft, bland cereal for infants.

noun
  1. (lowercase) trite, naive, or simplistic ideas or writings; intellectual pap.

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How to use Pablum in a sentence

  • All his ideas feel like consultant-fed Pablum free to be ignored the minute the polls turn.

    Why the GOP Should Panic | Matt Latimer | November 7, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • Up to that time the newscasts had been feeding out a dilute and very cautious Pablum about our fight against Tabby.

    Tabby | Winston Marks

British Dictionary definitions for Pablum

Pablum

/ (ˈpɑːbləm) /


noun
  1. trademark a cereal food for infants, developed in Canada

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